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Altavista was the shit when it came out. My classmates and friends were surprised at how quick I was getting answers or general information. Altavista, that's it. If you're using Ask Jeeves or Yahoo you're going to have a hard time.
I can't remember how I found out about it, but it's what I used until Google came out. Anyone know if they were the first to use web crawlers like that or did they just popularize the concept?
I'm fuzzy on the timeline, but it was definitely THE search engine for a while. And I'd say the one that's most memory-holed. I feel like Yahoo's unlikely survival as some vestigial online service made people remember it and I guess Americans in particular had an Ask Jeeves moment at some point? For me it was Altavista until Google, for sure, and they were trading blows for a good while. I almost remember Gmail being the thing that tipped the scales more than the search quality.